Brisbane Apartment

On page 3 of the Australian Financial Review on 15 December 2016 is a story titled "Big discounts to lure Chinese unit buyers."  I...

A story in today's Australian Financial Review is titled "China limits cash moves offshore" and show the risks for developers ...

On 31 October 2014, the Government released a discussion paper outlining the proposed design options for implementing the previously announ...

Interest rates for residential housing are at lifetime record lows.  Banks are awash in cheap cash that they want to lend.  Lending standard...

Four recent articles in the AFR are of interest in relation to the impact of China on Australian property. " Spike in approvals for f...

Chief executive of McGrath Estate Agents and founder of the Australasian Real Estate Conference, John McGrath, said residential property in...

Is there are two tier market in Brisbane for apartments?  Are Brisbane owners, investors and renters looking for one kind of apartment, but ...

" There’s only one aspect of this that’s in any way outrageous – and that is the way Australian developers and their marketers are pedd...

Foreign buyers snapped up one in every eight new properties built this year - up from one in 20 properties in 2011, National Australia Bank ...

Real estate agents are reporting that buyers are coming back to the market in Brisbane, and that prices achieved are increasing.  For exampl...

The AFR had a story on 24 July:  "Brisbane keen for more Chinese buyers".  Some extracts: Harry Triguboff from Meriton apartment...

Meriton Apartments builds more than 1,000 units a year – recently it has shifted its attention to serviced apartments, holding back nearly h...

The RBA governor said future economic shocks that would hurt Australia could happen in a number of ways, such as a severe economic slowdown ...

For the past few weeks, I have been looking at the 2011 census data.  It is very useful for property investors.  In my view, the best place ...

See story in SMH Meriton chief Harry Triguboff said 80 per cent of his customers are Chinese.   One reason is that foreign buyers can buy a...

Australian residential property will now be less attractive to foreigners after the Federal Budget last night.  As a large number of foreign...

From the hsbrisbaneproperty.com.au newsletter from an agent that specialises in mid-priced inner city Brisbane apartments: Usually buyers...

"And buyers from China once again topped the list, according to new research by Colliers International.  The figures on buying patter...

I have recently come across off-the-plan developments in Brisbane where the agent is being paid a flat 7% or 8% commission.  These agents ar...

An excellent article by Bill Moss, who was very senior at Macquarie Bank, has been published recently. " I have always believed that ...